“You have to go back. We are all standing on the shoulders of giants." The World of Jazz Trumpet: a Comprehensive History and Practical Application (Hal Leonard) is a first-of-its-kind: The first look ...

When Ellen Seeling was a little girl, she fell in love with jazz and asked her mother if she could take trumpet lessons. Snapp Shots: Garden of Memory returning to Oakland’s Chapel of Chimes Snapp ...

For quite some time, people have bemoaned the fact that there are few women jazz artists. To some extent this claim has been true, amplified by the circumstance that many women jazz musicians have ...

eyoncé and Lizzo have each released acclaimed albums this summer that have dominated the charts and streaming services and re-centered the musical spotlight on Black women. That’s not the only thing ...

The Jazzschool will kick off two annual events next month—a festival and a jazz and blues camp—highlighting the accomplishments and aspirations of women in jazz. “Our goal is to provide visibility for ...

It’s true that come March many jazz venues consciously look to book female instrumentalists in celebration of Women’s History Month. But it’s also true that presenters don’t have to search hard to ...

March is Women’s History Month, and Ann Arbor’s Blue Llama Jazz Club is celebrating by featuring women-led groups as headliners all month long. The first week includes the Latin jazz sounds of Jane ...

RULLI Nancy Hildegarde of Rockport MA, formerly Nancy Pratt of Sea Girt NJ and of Manhattan, died on September 13, 2016. Nancy is best known as a female professional trumpet player, one of the first ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. SMOKE Jazz Club has revealed its concert schedule for September 2025. The ...

The country’s biggest Women’s Jazz Festival is set to return to Hey Nonny Jan. 7 through 11. It will be the third annual installment of the event at the Arlington Heights music venue and bistro.

I felt it was my mission to create this platform to celebrate Jazz music. It just so happened that the incredible team we were able to build for Jazz Music Awards consisted of women.” — Wendy F.

photo - A celebrated saxophonist Joie Taylor has backed jazz stars like Delfayo Marsalis, Javon Jackson and Larry Coryell at Maui Jazz & Blues Festival shows. Courtesy photo Performing at the Maui ...